Brush.



PATENTED MAR; 29, 1904.

S. ZAGSEK.

BRUSH.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 21. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES STEFAN ZACSEK, OF NEW Patented March 29, 1904. A

PATENT OFFICE.

BRUS H.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No '7 55,985, dated March29, 1904.

Application filed August 21, 1903- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEFAN ZAOSEK, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, in the borough of Manhattan and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBrushes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to brushes of the kind which consist of anelongated back or head carrying the hair or bristles and a handle whichscrews into the head at its middle point.

The object of the invention is to provide a brace applicable to any ofsuch brushes and adapted to prevent the handle from unscrewing from itssocket in. the head and also to brace the handle and make the brush morerigid. It is the common experience with these brushes that after theyhave been a short time in use the handle unscrews from the socket, andwhile a wrapping of paper or other material is used to tighten thehandle this does not prove satisfactory and the brush is kept in serviceonly with great inconvenience. I take the brush, either old or new, andapply my improved brace thereto, which absolutely prevents the rotationof the handle in .the socket. My device is not a socket or means forholding the handle on the brush, but is to strengthen the constructionof brushes in the particular of effectually securing the parts in theposition in which they are originally made at the factory. The devicecan be removed and replaced as often as desired, and therefore can beused on many different brushes. It will be described in detail withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is 'aperspective view of the head of a brush and part of the handle with myimproved brace applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is a section transverse tothe handle on the line 00 a: of Fig. 1.

A represents the head of a brush consisting of an elongated block havinghair or'bristles (0 attached in the usual manner to its under face. Thehandle is indicated by B and is provided with a threaded end which issecured to the head by screwing into a socket a therein. Two of thesesockets are usually provided,

Serial No. 170,268. (No model.)

the extra one being shown in the drawings, so that when the hair of thebrush has been deflected in one direction by long use the handle can beadjusted to the opposite side of the head.

My improved brace consists, essentially, of two U-shaped arms 6 and 0,respectively, the members of which diverge somewhat and at the bend areturned laterally, as shown at b, to form a seat adapted to fit aroundthe handle. The extremities of these arms have hooks 0, those on the armZ) passing over and around the front edge of the head A, while those onthe arm 0 pass under the rear edge of 'the head a. On account of theinclination of the handle B one of these arms is shorter than the other.One

embraces the upper side of the handle, while the other embraces thelower side, and the members of each part are substantially paral- -lelto'each other along each side of the bandle. At a point below the bend bof the arm 6 a bridging plate e connects the two members of the armtogether and has a curved seat.

adapted to rest against the handle. The extremities of this plate-arecurled around the two members of the arm and are provided with twoholes, one near each end. The arm 0 is similarly equipped with a plate6'. Threaded bolts f f and wing-nuts f complete the device, which isapplied to the brush in the following manner: The arm I; is hooked overthe outer or front edge of the brush-head and its curved portion I)brought down against the handle. The arm 0 is then similarly engagedwith the rear edge of the brush-head and the opposite side of thehandle. The bolts f are then passed through the openings in the twoplates e and e and the nuts f screwed down equally and until thepressure of the plates 6 and e" and of the curved portions Z) issuificient to prevent the unscrewing of the handle. In use it will beseen that since the arms- I) and 0 diverge from a point on the handleabove the socket they form braces which make the brush very rigid, andthe grip of the two arms upon the handle prevents the unscrewing alludedto. The device can be readily removed by unscrewing the nuts andremoving the bolts.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. The combination with a brushconsisting of a head havingasocket and ahandle fitting into said socket,of a brace consisting of two U-shaped arms applied to the opposite sidesof the handle and provided at their extremities with hooks which engagerespectively with the outer and inner edges of the brushl head and aclamp adapted to clamp the two arms against the opposite sides of thehandle, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a brush-head having a socket, and a handlefitting into said socket, of two U shaped arms each being bridged by aplate intermediate of its extremities and the bend, the extremities ofeach arm having hooks adapted to engagetlie head of the brush and thebend of each arm being turned at right angles to form a seat for thehandle of the brush, and bolts and nuts adapted to secure the twobridging-plates together and clamp the arms against the opposite sidesof the handle.

In witness whereof I subscribe my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

STEFAN ZACSEK.

Witnesses:

VVALDo M. CHAIIN, WM. A.'ROSENBAUM.

